Improvement in paper shirt-collars



`. NET-E STATES PATENT Fries.

GEORGE K. SNOW, OF WATERTOWN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, MARCH BROTHERS, PIERCE & CO., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER SHIRT-COLLARS.

Specific, tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,310, dated February 7, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE K. SNOW, of Watertown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful invention having reference to Collars for Shirts; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawing', which is a view of either side of a paper collar made in accordance with my invention.

The nature of my invention consists in a paper shirt-collar, made with imitations of stitching on each of its two sides and close to one or more of the edges thereof.

[t has been customary to make paper collars with the imitation of stitching sunk or iudented on one side only of each, in which case the inden tations of such side would often, if not always, appear on the opposite side of the collar in relief or by corresponding extensions or projections therefrom. These extensions, on account of their not being imitations tf stitching, are objectionable to the reversal of the fold of the collar in manner so as to enable the collar to be Worn Wrong side outward after its right or other side may have become soiled. To obviate the objection to a renewing of the collar, I have `loeen led to the construction of a collar with one or more rJws of indentations or imprints on each of its two opposite sides, such rows being imitations of rows of stitching having no corresponding extensions or projections of the paper from that side of the collar which may be opposite to that on which the indentations may be made.

With my improved collar, the folding part may be turned down on either side of the collar to enable the said folding part of the collar to be Worn either side outward and have each side presenting the appearance of being stitched, as each side will have one or mole rows of indentations along and near to its edge or edges, and these indentations will have no projections of the paper corresponding With them.

ln the drawing, a represents the folding part of the collar, while b is the part on which the said portion a is to be folded, the line of the fold being shown atff. The rows of indentations to imitate stitches are represented at c c, &c.

I amaware that the mere duplication of a Well-known device, irrespective of any evidence of invention accompanying such duplication, is not legally patentable; but when advantages of convenience and economy, such as hereinbefore set forth, result from the change, ingenuity of design and construction is manifest or infcrable and digniies the cha-nge with character of invention.

I claim- My improved manufacture of paper collarthat is, one having on each ot' its tWo opposite sides indent-ations or imprints in imitation of stitching-thewholebein g substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE K. SNOW.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

